Compare Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) vs Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price & Performance

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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Vanguard S&P 500 ETF trades at $687.3, while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.04% dividend while Vanguard S&P 500 ETF pays none, and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Yum! Brands, Inc. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.

	VOO	YUM
Sector	Broad Market / Factor	Consumer Cyclical
52-Week High	$698.29	$168.16
52-Week Low	$571.45	$138.21
Market Cap	—	$40.62B
Enterprise Value	—	$51.88B
Dividend Yield	—	2.04%

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Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM trades at $147.10, down 0.55% amid a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to Taco Bell lettuce. Technicals are bearish with key support at $145, while fundamentals show steady revenue growth to $8.21B in 2025 and a net margin of 20.48%. The company maintains strong cash flow from operations of $2.01B but carries high long-term debt of $11.25B.

Despite near-term headwinds from food safety concerns, YUM's diversified brand portfolio and consistent profitability support a positive long-term outlook. Analyst consensus price target of $177 suggests 20% upside, but investors should monitor outbreak resolution and Q2 2026 earnings due soon.

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VOO

Buy rating maintained on US index assets despite AI sector volatility and bubble concerns.Seeking Alpha · 5 hours agoBullish DIA ETF underperforms S&P 500 ETFs due to higher fees and price-weighted index design.24/7 Wall Street · 3 days agoBearish SPY ETF charges higher fees than its cheaper sibling SPYM with identical S&P 500 exposure.24/7 Wall Street · 4 days agoBearish View details →

YUM

Yum! Brands faces cyclosporiasis outbreak but impact is mild with no deaths and ongoing recalls.Seeking Alpha · 16 hours agoBearish Taylor Farms recalls iceberg lettuce in 27 states over Cyclospora contamination riskCNBC · 3 days agoBearish Sweetgreen stock jumps 15% after diarrhea outbreak traced to Taco Bell, not salad chainNew York Post · 4 days agoNeutral View details →

About Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO is a foundational ETF that tracks the S&P 500 Index, providing exposure to 500 of the largest and most established companies in the United States. Renowned for its ultra-low expense ratio and tax efficiency, it serves as a core building block for long-term investors seeking to capture the total return of the U.S. large-cap market in a single, highly liquid vehicle.

About Yum! Brands, Inc.

Yum Brands is a U.S.-based restaurant operator featuring a portfolio of four brands: KFC (26,930 global units), Pizza Hut (18,380 units), Taco Bell (7,790 units), and The Habit Burger (310 units) at year-end 2021. With $58 billion in 2021 systemwide sales, the firm is the second-largest restaurant company in the world, behind McDonald's ($112.5 billion) but ahead of Restaurant Brands International ($36 billion) and Starbucks ($25 billion). Yum is 98% franchised, with the largest franchisee, Yum China, created via a 2016 spinoff transaction (after which Yum China agreed to pay 3% royalties to Yum Brands in perpetuity). Yum is the newest evolution of Tricon Brands, formerly a division of PepsiCo, and generates the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and marketing contributions.